Coolshoes pulled the door with a firm grip, “Come on captain, let’s get a DVD” he declared. In they marched.

Coolshoes with his checked vans, and the Captain, a very dapper dude in his three button mod suit.

The store assistant was not impressed and barely dragged her eyes from Heat magazine.

“We need to get some culture” said the Captain.

“Yes, yes, yes, you are so very right Captain” Coolshoes replied.

One hour, several existential debates and a few tears later, they reached a deadlock.

The choice was between “Tirez sur la Pianist” the Truffaut classic and “Singing in the Rain”.

After the movie Coolshoes opened the debate.

“Happiness of the Katakuris is a horror musical love story, bizarre in the way that only the Japanese seem to be able to truly get away with.

I like the way the story is told through the youngest member of the Katakuris family’s memories.

Crazy guesthouse at the foot of the volcano, their first guest arrives and subsequently dies. Ha. The family bury the body rather then risk putting future guests off.

“The film effortlessly flits between song, comedy, tragedy, violence and romance.

It is both hysterical and bizarre. There are moments when you think “What the hell was that?”

However, through the disbelief there is a strong sense of fascination and wonder.

The opening sequence seems to have nothing to do with anything; however it is riveting in its grotesqueness.